On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 00:11 +0100, Emmanuele Bassi wrote: > Hi Shaun, > > On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 11:41 -0600, Shaun McCance wrote: > > > > The "Master Plan" is: > > > > > Screenshot > > > * heavy bugzilla love > > > * remove the file name entry and use a filechooser button > > > > > In cases 1 and 2, I typically save directly to my public_html > > folder on master.gnome.org. (I love the GnomeVFS integration > > we've got in the GTK+ file choosers these days.) In 2 and 3, > > I'm often taking a series of screenshots, and I love the fact > > that the Screenshot tool remembers my last folder. > > This won't change at all. The machinery that saves the last folder will > always be there, since I agree with you that's it's a (or even the most) > useful feature of the screen shooter. > > > With a file chooser button, to rename the file, I always have > > to click the button and type in a new name. I also can't see > > at a glance which folder I'm saving into. > > I can add a label with the save location under the preview image, for > faster look up, but it must be understood that the file name entry is > demonstrably broken, as it doesn't do what it seems to be doing. > > For instance, the entry doesn't really control the file name up until > the very end: it won't work if you are going to save by drag and drop, > for instance.
I don't have a whole lot more to add. I've provided my point of view, and I can see merits in what you're saying as well. End of the day, you're the maintainer, and it's your call. But regarding this last paragraph, would a full file chooser button "solve" this drag and drop case? Wouldn't it be the exact same situation? Also, I'm not sure I understand why the dragged file can't use the file name provided. But then, I don't know how the drag and drop is being done. Are you creating a temp file and putting a URI in the drag data? > It also strikes me as the only UI of the overall desktop that uses a > separation of the file name and the location, which makes it > inconsistent. That's true, I suppose. Although I do have this graphical checksum program I've been working on, which has never yet seen the light of a public release. It does use separate controls for file name and location, for pretty much the reasons I've outlined. I find that I almost never want to change the location, but I change the file name maybe half the time. -- Shaun _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
